A general view of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) agreed to consider listing petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, for urgent hearing. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna took note of the submissions of … Read more
People take out a protest march against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, in Thoubal on April 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI A day after an irate mob set the house of BJP Minority Morcha’s Manipur president, Md Asker Ali, on fire allegedly for supporting the Waqf Amendment Act, the Thoubal district administration imposed prohibitory orders … Read more
Droupadi Murmu arrived in Lisbon on Sunday (April 7, 2025) for the first leg of her four-day State Visit to Portugal and the Slovak Republic, marking the first such visit in nearly three decades. The President was received at the military airbase of Figo Maduro by the Ambassador of India in Portugal, Puneet R. Kundal … Read more
Droupadi Murmu arrived in Lisbon on Sunday (April 7, 2025) for the first leg of her four-day State Visit to Portugal and the Slovak Republic, marking the first such visit in nearly three decades. The President was received at the military airbase of Figo Maduro by the Ambassador of India in Portugal, Puneet R. Kundal … Read more
Congress MP Digvijay Singh speaks in the Rajya Sabha. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is yet to secure a campus from any of the leading global universities, including Ivy League institutions, and should make efforts for it, a Parliamentary panel has noted. The panel headed by Congress MP Digvijay Singh made the observations in … Read more
In a scathing attack on the government over the imposition of tariffs by the U.S., Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Sunday (April 6, 2025) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have worked out a constructive solution during his last visit to the U.S., rather than just indulging in “photo ops” and exchanging gifts. … Read more
The Supreme Court petitions argue new Waqf law violates religious and property rights, endangering Muslim community’s age-old lands. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Petitions in the Supreme Court primarily argue that the new law, Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 violates the court’s own pronouncement of “once a Waqf, always a Waqf” to deprive the … Read more
M.A. Baby was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) at the party’s 24th All India Conference in Madurai on April 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy CPI-M’s newly elected general secretary M.A. Baby on Sunday (April 6, 2025) said while the party recognised the decline of the Left … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates New Pamban Bridge at Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram on April 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 6, 2025) inaugurated the new Pamban rail bridge, which connects Rameswaram Island off the Tamil Nadu coast, with Ramanathapuram in the mainland. Constructed by the Rail Vikas … Read more
Aircraft carriers are the “key” to win battles at sea, underscored Captain of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, George Florentine. Several nations in the Indo-Pacific have been fielding more and bigger carriers despite questions about their viability. The French Navy too is looking to induct a new carrier by 2038 while Indian Navy’s … Read more